TWAC *was* good in that there were quite a few transwomen who showed up. It was interesting having their take, as well, since I think they sort of brought a lot of grounded-ness to the queer women's side of things. It's hard to describe what I mean, just that they were obviously of a different flavor...more practical, maybe? Less easily offended? I wonder if that's partly because some of them came to it through the gay men's scene in which they were really, in some ways, thrown to the wolves so much younger and so much more than many of the dykes there.
Also, the organizers of TWAC did a really brilliant job in making sure that dialogue on all of these issues continued through the week, in and amongst the other workshops. (the event was focused on transpeople and women in the radical environmentalist scene, so most of the folks there were Earth Firsters, Rising Tiders, or allies)
btw, my kudos to you for teaching college students, whom I still in my less charitable moments see as some of the most horrendous beings on earth. XD
AND YOU SHOULD START THAT BAND!
I'm actually now, in my head, thinking about "what if someone wrote an MPreg fic specifically for the purpose of focusing on gender/sex roles and stereotypes? Really, how much of how women are idealized/oppressed has to do with their biological function? (need to be protected, weaker sex, blah blah blah...) What if both sexes bore the biological responsibility of child-bearing? HMMM. I bet arguments over abortion would look a helluva lot different, for one...
Anyway. I'm actually maybe gonna write one, maybe not that "thinky" but cracky and having to do with aliens. XD Which is weird, considering that I absolutely hate MPreg stories.
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Date: 2009-07-29 10:13 pm (UTC)Also, the organizers of TWAC did a really brilliant job in making sure that dialogue on all of these issues continued through the week, in and amongst the other workshops. (the event was focused on transpeople and women in the radical environmentalist scene, so most of the folks there were Earth Firsters, Rising Tiders, or allies)
btw, my kudos to you for teaching college students, whom I still in my less charitable moments see as some of the most horrendous beings on earth. XD
AND YOU SHOULD START THAT BAND!
I'm actually now, in my head, thinking about "what if someone wrote an MPreg fic specifically for the purpose of focusing on gender/sex roles and stereotypes? Really, how much of how women are idealized/oppressed has to do with their biological function? (need to be protected, weaker sex, blah blah blah...) What if both sexes bore the biological responsibility of child-bearing? HMMM. I bet arguments over abortion would look a helluva lot different, for one...
Anyway. I'm actually maybe gonna write one, maybe not that "thinky" but cracky and having to do with aliens. XD
Which is weird, considering that I absolutely hate MPreg stories.